Inspector Lestrade

Inspector Lestrade is a Scotland Yard detective appearing in several of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. In The Cardboard Box, his first initial is revealed to be G; In one of the stories Lestrade's full name is mentioned as George Lestrade.

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Scotland Yard - Detective - Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle - ''The Cardboard Box'' - G

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It is observed by Holmes in A Study in Scarlet that Lestrade and another detective, Tobias Gregson, have an ongoing rivalry. In The Hound of the Baskervilles, Holmes comments to Dr. Watson that Lestrade "is the best of the professionals, I think," meaning the professional detectives employed by Scotland Yard as opposed to himself.

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''A Study in Scarlet'' - Tobias Gregson - ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' - Dr. Watson

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Lestrade frequently is exasperated by Holmes's unconventional methods. "I am a practical man," he says in The Boscombe Valley Mystery. However, in time he does come to appreciate and respect the unofficial detective's record of success. "We're not jealous of you down at Scotland Yard," he says in The Six Napoleons. "No, sir, we are very proud of you." Watson notes in passing that this little comment is one of the few instances where Holmes is visibly moved.

Related Topics:
''The Boscombe Valley Mystery'' - ''The Six Napoleons''

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The author M. J. Trow wrote a series of sixteen books using Lestrade as the central character, beginning with The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade in 1985. In these stories, Trow shows Lestrade to be a more than capable detective. He is given a first name, Sholto, a young daughter whom he seldom sees, and a series of adventures set against an historical backdrop. In one book Lestrade meets G.K. Chesterton and in another he suffers a broken leg in a fall from the gangplank of the RMS Titanic.

Related Topics:
M. J. Trow - G.K. Chesterton - RMS ''Titanic''

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Colin Jeavons played Lestrade in the Granada Television adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes stories.

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Colin Jeavons - Granada Television

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